International Arbitration Act, 2017 (Act No. 15 of 2017)

Chapter 1 : General Provisions

1. Definitions

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1.	In this Act, unless the context otherwise indicates—

‘‘arbitration agreement’’

means an arbitration agreement referred to in article 7 of the Model Law;

‘‘conciliation’’

includes mediation;

‘‘Constitution’’

means the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996;

‘‘Model Law’’

means the UNCITRAL Model Law on International Commercial Arbitration adopted by the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law on 21 June 1985, as amended by the said Commission on 7 July 2006 and as adapted in Schedule 1;

‘‘public body’’

includes—

(a)	any department of state or administration in the national or provincial sphere of government or any municipality in the local sphere of government; or

(b)	any other functionary or institution when—

(i)	exercising a power or performing a duty in terms of the Constitution or a provincial constitution; or

(ii)	exercising a public power or performing a public function in terms of any legislation.

‘‘Republic’’

means the Republic of South Africa; and

‘‘UNCITRAL’’

means the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law.